The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-11-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The potato crop was an entire failure i'm
many parts Of the State.
Wildcats are SRcomfortab1y numerous in
the vicinity of Tornads, Door County.
Articles of association were filed in the
secretary of States office in Madison recent
~ by the United States Company. with q
capital stock of $40. 600. 600 The head
quarters ale established at Milwaukee. the
object is to do a general real estate. mining
and manufacturing business, operate teIs-
graph lines and deal in stocks
Five incendiary fires in ten days is the
record at Breadhead, Green County. Judd
Bowen's was the worst, his loss being ST.
OOO
The directors of the Monona lake As
sembly met in annual session at Madison
recently. The total receipts at the last en-
campment were SIS. 1913. and disbursements
$S,371. The total assets of the association
are SIS, $50, and liabilities So, 900
A freight train and two engines on the
Northwestern road were completely wrecked
by collision at Shopiere, Rock County,
early the other morning.
Governor Rusk has appointed the follow
ing delegates for Wisconsin to the National
Farmers Congress to meet in Chicago: Clin>
OOAOoooiVbs D6lOlbs II. y. Audli2c,
A. A Arnold, Galesvilie; George G. Cox;
Mineral Point; ". D. Hoard, Fort Atchin-
son; l. Newton, Beaver Dam; J John L Mitch
ell, Milwaukee,; Rufus B. Kellogg, Green,
Bay; L c. Stanley, Chippewa Falls; j.. H.
Foster, Koro; John NJ True. Baraboo and
S c. Carr, Milton Junction
fire at Marinette a few nights ago
caused a loss of $500, 600, and forty build
ings, including two hardware stores, three
grocery stores, one meat market, three dry
goods stores and two jewelry stores, two
blacksmith and wagon shops six private
residences, three saloons and other business
buildings were swept away. The list of
losers numbered about sixty.
l. T. Parker, of Chippewa Falls, has made
q contract for the cutting and banking of
twenty-fv million feet of logs this winter
along the Flambeau river, an important
tributary of the Chippewa This is the
heaviest single log contract made this win
| ter -
Richard Jones, of bayfield,, overseer of
| highways, cut his throat the other morn
ing
X. o. Lollegarden, formerly prosperous
merchant of Blue Mound, was sentenced at
Madison recently to State prison for four
| years for forgery.
fire in WaShburn the other day de-
stroyed the saloon and dwelling house of
| J. B. Hubert The occupants barely es-
capped with their lives Loss, So, 800; in
surance, So, 200.
/ The other morning James Hassett, a
farmer, sixty years of age, residing i'm
| Fitchburg, Dane County, was thrown from
a load of corn-stalks by 4 sudden start of
the team and his neck broken. Death
| quickly ensued
Lewis Massey, the first whiGs settler of
Hudson, died at the county pool-farm the
other day. He was born in 1898
| The largest chair factory in WiscU nsin,
the Sheboygan Manufacturing CompanSs
works at Sheboygan, were closed recently
by the sheriff on executions aggregating
| 100000 Seven hundred persons were
| thrown out of work
| Circulars have been issued for a conven-
ton of fourth-class postmasters of the
Eighth Congressional district, to be held i'm
Eau Claire November 8. The object is to-
move for a petition to Congress for a re-
moval of the unfair determinations against
| post-offices of the fourth class.
Edward S. Chadwick, Beloit attorney,
was found to be insane a few days ago
AAho A4A1hU oCCllICN W 1uA On iOufh'
topics, and he imagined himself various
| Bible characters.
| Miss Jennie Burnbury, whose parents re-
side at Barneveld, Iowa County, died. ON
train the other night near Galena, Ill. Shs
was a victim of consumption.
The extensive lumber firm of Bradley
Bros, of Milwaukee, has arranged to cut
and bank from ten million to twelve million
| foot Of 4haiY.
along the north fork of the Flambeau river
Burglars entered the house of Mrs limo
thy Brown, at Madison, the other evening
while the family were at supper and capt
ured diamonds and clothing amounting to
several hundred dollars.
At Chippewa Falls boys found loafing on
the street during school hours and unable
to give satisfactory reason therefor are
taken in charge by the city marshal.
Ten fine horses were burned at HORIZON
marsh the other night The animals were
owned by Appleton and Oshkosh parties,
engaged in cutting the hay from the dried
up marsh An overturned lantern in barn
did the work Out of eleven horses one
was saved.
One thousand hogs were slaughtered and
packed at the packing houses in Jefferson
this fall
| A pound lump of copper was recently
found imbedded in the roots of an upturned
tree at Pinbine, Brown County. 1t was pro-
| posed to sink shaft and ascertain if there
was deposit of the mineral ear that place
| Considerable excitement was created at
Eau Claire the other day by the reported
discovery of gold one mile from the west
bank of the Chippewa river, and about fif-
/ teen miles from ifs mouth Sgppimana
were of high value, and mining company
would be formed -t
A tramp at Medford shot at Mrs W. f.
Winch, wife of the county clerk, a few days
ago as she sat in her room, but she was not
| injured.
Farmer Pauly, of Truax Prairie, brought
ton and a half of hay to Eau Claire on
sleighs the other morning
The Commercial House at GAINESVILLE was
destroyed by fire the other morning The
furniture was removed The building was
| owned by G. A. Davis, and was uninsured
Loss, $4, 900.
Rood Maxwell, of Washburn, heavy
| 1umbermen, were closed the other
| day on an attachment issued by
| the Third National Bank of St
Paul, to secure an advance of $20S, 600
There was considerable excitement at Wash
burn, as over two hundred men were
thrown out OF employment The liabilities
| would reach $450,O00. The firm claimed
they could wipe out every claim and still
beworth 100000
There was great excitement a few days
| ago in society circles at Waukesha over the
| sequel to the wedding of Miss Jennie N.
| Jones and Eugene Charles Mason, which
occurred recently. 1t turns out that the
| groom was married man whose real name
was Converse, and that he is accused Of
stealing 81, 900 from his former employers
! at Battle Creek, Mich He is now in jail at
the latter place
| Thomas H. Clark, builder who for. the
/ past two seasons has had the leading con-
| tracts for city building at Plymouth, fed
| few days ago, leaving unpaid bills for help
and material to the amount of nearly ST.
| 600
Dogs have caused the death of number
of sheep in the neighborhood of Sullivan
during the past few nights ~
Joseph Schoenleber, shoemaker, aged
| hfty-seven years, died suddenly in Milwau-